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fo-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fo- (“under, beneath; about, around”) (compare modern faoi), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).

Prefix

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fo-

  1. sub-, under-, hypo-, secondary, subsidiary
  2. minor, lesser; light, trivial
  3. odd, occasional

Derived terms

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Irish terms prefixed with fo-

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fo-
radical lenition eclipsis
fo- fho- bhfo-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Manx

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Etymology

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From fo, from Old Irish fo (“under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around”).

Prefix

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fo-

  1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

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Manx terms prefixed with fo-

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fo- o- vo-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *uɸo-. Prefix form of fo.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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fo-

  1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

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Old Irish terms prefixed with fo-

Descendants

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  • Irish: fo-
  • Manx: fo-
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-

Mutation

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Mutation of fo-
radical lenition nasalization
fo- ḟo- fo-
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From fo, from Old Irish fo (“under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around”).

Prefix

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fo-

  1. sub-, under-, infra-

Derived terms

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Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with fo-

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tehit f- (“first-person plural inclusive prefix”).

Pronoun

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fo- (Jawi فو-)

  1. first-person plural inclusive clitic, we

See also

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Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
Informal Formal
1st person singular ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person singular ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person singular unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person plural exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 mi mi, mia
2nd person plural ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person plural anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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